Chapter 7 of Saved at sea is here in full — 63 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Saved at sea is here in full — 63 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A THICK FOG. That little piece of paper which was given me that day, I have it still, put by amongst my greatest treasures. There was not much written on it, only two lines of a hymn: 'On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand, All other ground is sinking sand.' I walked slowly up to the house thinking.
Chapter 7 of Saved at sea is here in full — 63 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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surrounded by; in the company of
From this reading “That little piece of paper which was given me that day, I have it still, put by amongst my greatest treasures.”
a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)
From this reading “'On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand, All other ground is sinking sand.'”
droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
From this reading “A THICK FOG.”
a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)
From this reading “There was not much written on it, only two lines of a hymn:”
a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
From this reading “'On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand, All other ground is sinking sand.'”
a descent as through liquid (especially through water)
From this reading “'On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand, All other ground is sinking sand.'”
characterized by good substantial quality
From this reading “'On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand, All other ground is sinking sand.'”
plural of “treasure” — accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.
From this reading “That little piece of paper which was given me that day, I have it still, put by amongst my greatest treasures.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A THICK FOG.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading 'On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand, All other ground is sinking sand.'
surrounded by; in the company of
From this reading That little piece of paper which was given me that day, I have it still, put by amongst my greatest treasures.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading That little piece of paper which was given me that day, I have it still, put by amongst my greatest treasures.
a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)
From this reading 'On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand, All other ground is sinking sand.'
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading That little piece of paper which was given me that day, I have it still, put by amongst my greatest treasures.
droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
From this reading A THICK FOG.
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading That little piece of paper which was given me that day, I have it still, put by amongst my greatest treasures.
highest in quality
From this reading That little piece of paper which was given me that day, I have it still, put by amongst my greatest treasures.
the solid part of the earth's surface
From this reading 'On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand, All other ground is sinking sand.'
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading That little piece of paper which was given me that day, I have it still, put by amongst my greatest treasures.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading I walked slowly up to the house thinking.
a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)
From this reading There was not much written on it, only two lines of a hymn:
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading That little piece of paper which was given me that day, I have it still, put by amongst my greatest treasures.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading 'On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand, All other ground is sinking sand.'
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading That little piece of paper which was given me that day, I have it still, put by amongst my greatest treasures.
plural of “line” — a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading There was not much written on it, only two lines of a hymn:
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading That little piece of paper which was given me that day, I have it still, put by amongst my greatest treasures.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading That little piece of paper which was given me that day, I have it still, put by amongst my greatest treasures.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading There was not much written on it, only two lines of a hymn:
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading That little piece of paper which was given me that day, I have it still, put by amongst my greatest treasures.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There was not much written on it, only two lines of a hymn:
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That little piece of paper which was given me that day, I have it still, put by amongst my greatest treasures.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There was not much written on it, only two lines of a hymn:
and nothing more
From this reading There was not much written on it, only two lines of a hymn:
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading 'On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand, All other ground is sinking sand.'
a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
From this reading That little piece of paper which was given me that day, I have it still, put by amongst my greatest treasures.
a separate part of a whole
From this reading That little piece of paper which was given me that day, I have it still, put by amongst my greatest treasures.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading That little piece of paper which was given me that day, I have it still, put by amongst my greatest treasures.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading 'On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand, All other ground is sinking sand.'
a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
From this reading 'On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand, All other ground is sinking sand.'
a descent as through liquid (especially through water)
From this reading 'On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand, All other ground is sinking sand.'
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading I walked slowly up to the house thinking.
characterized by good substantial quality
From this reading 'On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand, All other ground is sinking sand.'
be standing; be upright
From this reading 'On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand, All other ground is sinking sand.'
not in physical motion
From this reading That little piece of paper which was given me that day, I have it still, put by amongst my greatest treasures.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That little piece of paper which was given me that day, I have it still, put by amongst my greatest treasures.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 'On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand, All other ground is sinking sand.'
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was not much written on it, only two lines of a hymn:
not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading A THICK FOG.
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading I walked slowly up to the house thinking.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I walked slowly up to the house thinking.
plural of “treasure” — accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.
From this reading That little piece of paper which was given me that day, I have it still, put by amongst my greatest treasures.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading There was not much written on it, only two lines of a hymn:
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading I walked slowly up to the house thinking.
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading I walked slowly up to the house thinking.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That little piece of paper which was given me that day, I have it still, put by amongst my greatest treasures.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading That little piece of paper which was given me that day, I have it still, put by amongst my greatest treasures.
set down in writing in any of various ways
From this reading There was not much written on it, only two lines of a hymn:
Chapter 7 of Saved at sea by O. F., Mrs. Walton holds 63 sentences, grouped into 13 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 7 holds 63 sentences of Saved at sea, unabridged, divided into 13 reading sections.
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